The President’s support for this bill is crucial, as he will eventually need to sign the bill into law.

Also among the opponents is House Speaker Paul Ryan.

“The speaker does not see anything that changes his view that the Senate should keep its focus on repeal and replace of Obamacare,” Ryan spokesman Doug Andres said.

After seven years of calling for the ACA to be repealed, coupled with several failures to pass legislation to do just that, it will be difficult for Republicans in Congress to do anything that resembles supporting bolstering the unpopular law — especially without the political cover offered by the Speaker’s or the President’s support.

In a morning tweet, Senator Alexander stated he would work with President Trump to make the bill “even stronger” in protecting consumers.

The Alexander-Murray agreement has strong language to do that, and I will work with the president to see if we can make it even stronger.